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` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andzmaking pari: ofthe same.

To all/whom it may concern:` i Be it known that we,JOnN O. KING andHIRAM A. RIeE, of Lonisiana,'in the county of' Pike, and Statev ofMissouri, havel invented a' new vand improved Seed and Grain-Shipper;`and we do hereby declare that the following i's a ful-l, clear, "andexact description therethereof', which will enable Others skilled in-the art to niakeand use thesame, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specifiV cation.

The object of thisinventionfis .toprovidea seed and grain-stripper withvlight `and strong fingers, capable of zuljnstment,` as toheight,andarranged in a way .to vary the spaces between the teeth at the pointof stripping the heads,'for straw ofidi'erent sizes. l

. Figure l represents a' yperspective view' of a ma `thine constructedaccording to our improvements,

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Figure 2 represents a. perspective view' of a finger, such as we proposeto use.

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The fingers A are secured at one `end ,to a hinged cross-bar, B, of thereceptacle O, arranged'onrunners, tohe moved along the ground, with thetapered points of the teethprojectingahead and upward,`so as to gatherthe straws. between the points, below the heads, and `strip oii' the`seeds vor heads,`wl1ioh slide down the upper faces of the teeth intothe receptacle be- OW. -1 It is desirable to `elevate. or depress the'points of the teeth, aoording to the height of the grain or grasstobe,stripped, and'for this reason, we connect toftlietransversesupporting-bar B, a lever, D, pivotedto the frame atE, and provided witha notched `eaten-bar,` F, for holding it` at any desired point. Otherequivalent means may be employedfor the purpose,- if preferred. l

It is also desirable to vary the breadth of the spaces between theiingprs at the stripping-points, and this we accomplish by theemployment of the sliding bar G."witlithe ends so lapped over theouterfngers .as to be guided up and downthereon; and for Operating this,we provide `the rockshaft H, having arms I, connected by links K to thesaid sliding bar.

This rock-shaft is also operated and secured in plaee by a lever, L,also provided with a notched catolibar,

This bar Gr, sliding up along the fingers where their tapered edgesdiverge, varies the Width of the spaces as reqnired, or changes thestripping-point alongthe spaces, and prevents 'the straws from wedgingand binding in between the said edges. .Y f

It is desirable that these fingers be made' as light as'possible, andforthis, and to preserve the requisitestrength, we make them of slieetmetal, stamped and iiuted, as-represented in iig. 2. y

Having thus described our invention,

Werclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangementof the detent-bar M, lever. L, links K, arms I, and-rock-,shaft H, toslide the bar G, in the manner specified. Y'

fllhe above specification of our invention signed by us,this 3d day ofApril, 1869. A,

. JOHN O. BLING. IHIRAM A. RICE.

Witnesses: PLEASANTS,

SILAS FEATHER.

